B737 captain at FL240 declared an emergency to avoid being vectored into a thunderstorm.

Attributes
ACN	840212
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Captain declared an emergency to avoid hazardous weather. Center attempted to vector us into hazardous weather; we refused.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain at FL240 declared an emergency to avoid being vectored into a thunderstorm.

Narrative: Captain declared an emergency to avoid hazardous weather. Center attempted to vector us into hazardous weather; we refused.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.